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Homework Statement
Find the arc length parametrization of the curve r = (3t cost, 3tsint, 2sqrt(2)t^(3/2) ) .
Homework Equations
s(t)=integral of |r'(t)| dt
The Attempt at a Solution
I was able to get the integral of the magnitude of the velocity vector to simplify to:
s(t) = integral of sqrt(9(1+t)^2) dt
evaluating the integral, s(t) = 3t+(3/2)t^2
In other problems similar to this one I would solve for t in terms of s then put it back into the original equation, but for this one I was unable to solve for t in terms of s.